Making the Familiar Unfamiliar, Making the Unfamiliar Familiar

Warning: Less coherency ahead.

I've been experimenting a lot with Hypnosis by Marisa Peer these days. I'm enrolled in her class through Mindvalley, called Uncompromised Life. Marisa Peer truly brings out the best in me. Her most basic premise is that what you need to carefully do is adjust how you dialogue with yourself. Your life is all about what you make your mind familiar and unfamiliar with. And yes, as part of the homework assignment, she asked us to think about what are you familiar with but want to make unfamiliar, and what are the things you are unfamiliar with, but would love to make familiar.

So...

The past Saturday I went on my second date with a particular girl - let's call her Campbell for now. We first met a while back, and it has been on and off with her. To be fair, the "off" parts were mostly due to us being type A regarding our work.. and so when work calmed down we somehow found time for each other and were able to hang out again.

This was a beautiful date in a brunch spot in Upper West Side, and we wandered around Central Park afterward because the weather was just too perfect. The date went well, even by the most conservative standards. We found a lot of common interests, went pretty deep, and even had a bunch of potential future to-dos together. It was nice, actually, to have a girl really being into me. We were touchy, she's focused on her date, and she asked me questions - seemingly really interested into me.

I am super grateful for that - and yes, there's no need to rush. I understand and I appreciate her, very much. She's like a gift for me, and I totally get it that I'd love to make that feeling familiar, the feeling of being really attractive, being really valued, and being really appreciated. She made me feel that I mattered. And so I shall. I shall actively focus on my attention (and being really grateful for) on situations where I am attractive and am valued.

Thank you so so much for this gift! There is no rush, but I'm grateful, really grateful. And above all, I really love it, the feeling that I am attractive, that I matter, that I am valuable. And therefore, I am going to gift it to myself.

Thanks, Campbell! Looking forward to hang out soon again :) and maybe more hugs next time :p